tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post4463784636010456267..comments2024-03-25T07:25:47.059+00:00Comments on Babblings of a Bookworm : Georgette Heyer - My Top ReadsCerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-40819948109785650222015-07-10T22:15:28.206+01:002015-07-10T22:15:28.206+01:00You are so lucky to be new to Heyer, Shannon, so m...You are so lucky to be new to Heyer, Shannon, so many books before you to discover! Her better books are excellent and her worse ones are still so much better than most of the historical stuff out there :)Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-70693609729509073122015-07-06T19:50:08.605+01:002015-07-06T19:50:08.605+01:00So many books to add! Thanks for making your list ...So many books to add! Thanks for making your list :) It gives those of us new to Heyer a good place to start!Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026688253142833852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-66349093564453416362015-04-25T17:13:49.926+01:002015-04-25T17:13:49.926+01:00I have a second top 8 list to share, just need to ...I have a second top 8 list to share, just need to write it up :) So many of her books were of such great quality that there are plenty to choose your favourites from.Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-35465269163064635012015-04-22T00:41:09.635+01:002015-04-22T00:41:09.635+01:00Loved reading your talk on Georgette Heyer and the...Loved reading your talk on Georgette Heyer and then your list. Mine would share some of those, but I would insert a few others too.Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909417504496472472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-18510872173833599602014-08-31T22:57:14.319+01:002014-08-31T22:57:14.319+01:00Venetia was the strongest contender for inclusion ...Venetia was the strongest contender for inclusion on the list, but I just couldn't decide! I have read Lady of Quality, and though I like it, I didn't take to the hero so well. It reminded me a little of Black Sheep, but in that one I liked the hero a bit more.<br /><br />We are so lucky she wrote so many! I have a few left to read myself :)Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-3680085599567443312014-08-31T16:45:04.965+01:002014-08-31T16:45:04.965+01:00Your Heyer favorite list parallels my own fairly c...Your Heyer favorite list parallels my own fairly closely. For wild humor, Friday's child cannot be beat. In Friday's Child, following Sherrie's group of eccentric and bumbling buddies is hysterical!<br /><br />I think I've read 22 or 23 of Heyer's Regencies and one that is not on your favorite list is A Lady of Quality. Were there ever two people so unlike each other? I didn't see that one coming.<br /><br />I also put Venetia on my favorite list. I loved the brave heroine as she allowed herself to get close to the rogue nobleman living practically next door. <br /><br />I'm going to read ALL of them sooner or later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-7360606204394295222014-08-01T09:51:33.373+01:002014-08-01T09:51:33.373+01:00Venetia was a very strong contender for the list. ...Venetia was a very strong contender for the list. My original list of 10 also included Venetia and The Talisman Ring, but then I was leaving out Black Sheep, and Cousin Kate, and These Old Shades, and Devil's Cub and Faro's Daughter, and Regency Buck etc etc! Too many excellent books to choose from! <br /><br />I completely agree with you that they are fantastic to reread, I can enjoy them just as much, if not more, than I did on the first read, and I can't say that about every book I read.Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-86316976502289550342014-08-01T08:07:29.086+01:002014-08-01T08:07:29.086+01:00Your list is almost perfect except for
not includi...Your list is almost perfect except for<br />not including my very favorite Venetia!<br />Adore Heyer and reread her almost as<br />often as Jane Austen.PdxIrishGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367550486862047659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-53439731370637367692014-07-31T09:50:44.304+01:002014-07-31T09:50:44.304+01:00I hope you enjoy them when you get to reading them...I hope you enjoy them when you get to reading them Tamara! Frederica is my absolute favourite, joint with The Grand Sophy. These Old Shades was one of my contenders for my top 10, it has a red-haired heroine, which I always enjoy, she is a great character, and there is a reformed rake too! <br /><br />We are lucky to have bookworm mums Tamara, but since I'm mostly reading on a kindle these days I wonder whether my children will have the same access to books that I did. I know they can share my kindle library when they're older, but they won't be enticed to read them by seeing them as I was with my mum's Jane Austen books, for example. I need to win the lottery so I can buy a house with a library and get buying physical books!Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-6507452446136363972014-07-31T09:24:13.620+01:002014-07-31T09:24:13.620+01:00Thanks for the heads up Ceri, I bought Fredrica an...Thanks for the heads up Ceri, I bought Fredrica and These old shades but have yet to read them. Eventually I hope to read all of them :) My mum too is a bookaholic and many books I read as a youngster were sometimes way above my comprehension and certainly far from what my friends were reading!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304167494997715591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-49036454425586517692014-07-29T23:17:29.545+01:002014-07-29T23:17:29.545+01:00Hi Barbara. If you like historical romance, Heyer ...Hi Barbara. If you like historical romance, Heyer is definitely worth a read, and there are so many of her books to choose from!Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-67938228501276904282014-07-29T23:16:02.307+01:002014-07-29T23:16:02.307+01:00Hi Doris, thanks for stopping by. I considered The...Hi Doris, thanks for stopping by. I considered The Toll Gate, as I enjoy that one, it's heavier on the mystery than most. I can definitely see the similarities between this one and the Unknown Ajax, particularly the heroes. I've only read The Quiet Gentleman once, many years ago, when I didn't appreciate subtle as much as I do now! It's one I should reread.Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-45198378544765029272014-07-29T21:05:41.489+01:002014-07-29T21:05:41.489+01:00Oh boy, another great author to readOh boy, another great author to readBarbara Hoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11789458949936651728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-79619203275104033932014-07-29T20:34:15.888+01:002014-07-29T20:34:15.888+01:00Your top 8 list comes very close to my top 9, exce...Your top 8 list comes very close to my top 9, except that Friday's Child (which is admittedly an unusually complex story for Heyer) and Reluctant Widow don't make my list. I would substitute instead A Quiet Gentleman (a subtle mystery) and The Toll-Gate, another romance-cum-mystery, that reminds me a bit of The Unknown Ajax, and add Venetia, a charming tale of an innocent falling for a rake.Dorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07317188162958532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-8913597230528608282014-07-29T17:03:02.196+01:002014-07-29T17:03:02.196+01:00Thank you Brenda, I hadn't heard of either of ...Thank you Brenda, I hadn't heard of either of those authors, good to have some recommendations! Of your list, Black Sheep and Venetia nearly made it onto my list, as did Cousin Kate, which you said you didn't like. I prefer The Talisman Ring to The Masqueraders, but I've read all these books more than once, they are all good ones! <br /><br />I agree with you in preferring the romances to the other genres of book she wrote. I don't mind the murder mysteries but there are other writers in that genre that I prefer, whereas my favourite historical romances are nearly all by Heyer! I think she wrote excellent ones :)Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-43435274578539957602014-07-29T08:34:10.333+01:002014-07-29T08:34:10.333+01:00OK, so maybe I'll attempt to list my favourite...OK, so maybe I'll attempt to list my favourites...<br />Friday's Child<br />Frederica<br />Arabella<br />Devil's Cub<br />Venetia<br />Sylvester<br />Regency Buck<br />Cotillion<br />The Nonesuch<br />The Masqueraders<br />Black Sheep<br />BrendaNZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093149542013696643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-69120857324639593422014-07-29T08:10:41.781+01:002014-07-29T08:10:41.781+01:00It is very hard to pick a top 10! I pretty much li...It is very hard to pick a top 10! I pretty much like all the romance ones. She was a genius. I have a few that I don't especially like and probably wouldn't read again (A Civil Contract, Cousin Kate) and I'm not so much a fan of the mysteries and more-historical-less-romantic ones. <br />I picked up a novel called The Marriage Mart written by Patricia Burns years ago in a second hand store and I felt it was very Georgette Heyer. It's quite an obscure book though. I also found some of Sylvia Thorpe's to be like hers (not as good but getting there). The Silver Nightingale is my favourite of the ones I've read.BrendaNZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093149542013696643noreply@blogger.com